My Week in Movies: October 27 - November 2

[jetpack_monkey]

This week's horror theme was Whatever the Hell I Want. After that, Criterion Channel has a special collection of MGM Musicals, so expect me to work through that in the coming week.

Films I've seen before are in italics.

The Howling (1981)
Hellraiser (1987)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Halloween (1978)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
The Gate (1987) with sol_se 

Most of these films are either comfort food or films I haven't seen in ages that I wanted to revisit. I almost always rewatch Halloween on Halloween. Call it cheesy, but it is legitimately one of my favorite films of all time and it really does hold up to multiple viewings.

Cabin in the Sky is an all-black musical from MGM. As a time capsule, it's interesting. It's clearly made by white people and leans into a number of stereotypes, but apparently the NAACP signed off on it? 

All I can say for The Gate is that you shouldn't dig in the demon hole. Nothing good comes of it.

We're skipping next week because I'll be in Phoenix introducing sol_se to the family. So in two weeks, expect a mega-sized version.

Comments

[disgruntled_owl]

Hope you enjoyed Tales from the Crypt. I keep trying to work up the nerve to watch it, but from what I know of the Peter Cushing/Arthur Grimsdyke story, I think it would break my heart as much scare me.

[jetpack_monkey]

It would absolutely do both things. Overall, the stories tend toward macabre and ironic rather than scary, but the Cushing story is very, very good at what it does.